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AB 588 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to members of the Assembly of the Nevada Legislature. (BDR 17-1235)

AB 588 updates Nevada law to replace gendered titles for Assembly members, changing "Assemblyman" and "Assemblywoman" to the gender-neutral term "Assemblymember" in all official references. It specifically removes a provision allowing female members to use "Assemblywoman" on stationery and business cards, as required by recent Assembly rule changes. The bill revises multiple sections of Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) to ensure consistent use of "Assemblymember" throughout legislative documents. This procedural change has no fiscal impact on state or local governments and aligns with updated Assembly Standing Rules.
Bill status vetoed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced May 19, 2025 Vetoed Jun 10, 2025
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As Introduced → As Enrolled · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill updates Nevada state statutes to replace gendered titles 'Assemblyman' and 'Assemblywoman' with the gender-neutral title 'Assemblymember' throughout official documents and legal provisions. It removes a specific provision that allowed female legislators to use 'Assemblywoman' on official stationery and business cards, aligning the law with updated Assembly Standing Rules that mandate gender-neutral titles for all members regardless of gender.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on legislative titles and related administrative provisions, but it now applies the gender-neutral title 'Assemblymember' uniformly to all legislators instead of maintaining separate titles based on gender.
ELIGIBILITY

Eliminated the provision that authorized female Assembly members to use the title 'Assemblywoman' on official stationery and business cards.

DEFINITION

Replaced all instances of 'Assemblyman' and 'Assemblywoman' with the gender-neutral term 'Assemblymember' in multiple state statutes including provisions about public office usurpation, vacancy filling, and state officer definitions.

REQUIREMENT

Updated NRS 218A.670 to remove the special authorization for female legislators to have 'Assemblywoman' precede their names on official materials, while maintaining the same allowances for stationery and business cards for all legislators.

Floor votes · Assembly May 26, 2025

How they voted

27–12
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
May 26, 2025
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
1 Yea 12 Nay 1
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 10, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 8, Excused: 2.) To Assembly.
lower
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 13, Excused: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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